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Infectious disease experts are noting a plateau in U.S. coronavirus cases and hospitalizations though it is far too soon to tie the positive news to ongoing vaccinations.
Instead, experts attribute the decline to the post-holiday season, as less people travel and gather in indoor settings. After a long winter surge, the country is beginning to experience a declining number of new COVID-19 infections, Dr. Steven Gordon, chair of infectious disease at Cleveland Clinic, wrote in an email. While vaccinations will play an important role in controlling the pandemic, this slowing of cases is probably not yet a result of vaccinations. More likely, the plateau is occurring as less people are traveling and getting together as we move past the holiday season.
In short order, the Mountain View Community Center has transformed from a recreational space to a hub for mass vaccinations, with a goal of providing the COVID-19 vaccine to 1,000 people each day.
Coronavirus news from the Bay Area: Jan. 14-20
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The Chronicle began covering the coronavirus crisis before the first cases were reported in the Bay Area and a pandemic was declared in 2020. We reorganized the newsroom to dedicate nearly every resource to stories focusing on the health and economic disasters. Every day we have published live updates to reflect the most critical local, national and global updates on COVID-19, and this news is free of charge in an effort to keep our community safe and informed.
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Stanford Medicine launches large-scale surveillance of coronavirus variants in Bay Area
Stanford Medicine researchers are screening diagnostic samples to identify known coronavirus variants circulating in the Bay Area, including those from the United Kingdom, South Africa and Brazil. Jan 21 2021
Benjamin Pinsky is the medical director of the Stanford Clinical Virology Laboratory, where researchers are screening samples for known coronavirus variants circulating in the Bay Area.
Steve Fisch
In March, Stanford Medicine was one of the first academic medical centers in the country to develop a diagnostic test for the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Now, researchers in Stanford’s Clinical Virology Laboratory have developed additional tests to detect the presence of coronavirus variants, or strains, already spreading in the United Kingdom, South Africa, Brazil and some parts of the United States.
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